Daniel Goumou (born 10 April 1990) is a

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who plays as a

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Career

Goumou began his career with

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, before moving to the

ASPIRE Academy for Sports Excellence Aspire Academy () is a sports academy based in the Aspire Zone in Qatar, founded in 2004 with the goal to scout and help develop Qatari athletes, whilst also providing them with secondary school education. History Aspire Academy was establish ...

in 2006. Aged 18, he left Conakry for Morocco. After just 3 months he moved to Qatar in 2008. In February 2009, he joined

Al Rayyan Al Rayyan (; also spelled ''Ar Rayyan'') is the third-largest municipalities of Qatar, municipality in Qatar. Its primary settlement is the Al Rayyan (city), city of the same name, which occupies the entire eastern section and is a part of the Do ...

. In the 2011–12 season of the

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, Goma racked up a record number of yellow cards since the beginning of the league, with 7 yellow cards in 9 appearances.Al Sharq – رقم قياسي لجوما في البطاقات الصفراء

International career

Goumou has played for the Qatar Olympic football team in the

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Honours

Emir of Qatar Cup Emir of Qatar Cup (), also known as the Emir Cup, but changed to Amir Cup starting in 2019, is an association football tournament played every season by all first and second division teams in Qatar. The tournament is played in a knockout system, ...

**Winner (1): 2011 with

Al Rayyan SC Al-Rayyan Sports Club () is a Qatari multi-sports club fielding teams in a number of sports such as football, futsal, basketball, volleyball, handball, athletics, table tennis, and swimming. It is based at the Ahmad bin Ali Stadium in Umm ...

References

External links

QSL.com.qa profile
1990 births Living people Guinean men's footballers 21st-century Guinean sportsmen Qatari men's footballers Al-Rayyan SC players Al-Sailiya SC players Al Kharaitiyat SC players Al-Markhiya SC players Footballers from Conakry Naturalized citizens of Qatar Guinean emigrants to Qatar Qatar Stars League players Qatari Second Division players Footballers at the 2010 Asian Games Qatari people of Guinean descent Aspire Academy (Qatar) players Men's association football midfielders Asian Games footballers for Qatar 21st-century Qatari sportsmen {{Guinea-footy-bio-stub